Which to use
“ho” is a pronoun and “hora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,490
- “ho” frequency rank
- #232
- “hora” frequency rank
- 8722
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ho | hora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o | período de sessenta minutos de tempo; unidade de medida de tempo |
Letter map: ho vs hora
Shared letters muted; letters that set ho and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ho / hora
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ho is apronoun and horaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ho” sits inside “hora”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ho is recorded at frequency rank #8,490, classified as apron. hora is at rank #232, tagged as anoun, pronounced ['ɒ.rɐ].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 8722, this pair ranks #64,948 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ho vs hora
Shared letters: ho. Private to "ho": -. Private to "hora": ar.
"ho" · 2 letters · shape CV · "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- hora ← hhora · hoar · horra · hroa · ohra
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ho" and "hora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ho" or "hora"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ho" and "hora".
- Full dictionary entry for "ho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,948 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ho" and "hora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ho vs hui". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #64,948 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.